First published in 1996. Written by acclaimed contemporary writers, all winners of literary awards, these stories present deeply moving human dramas. What emerges from them is a picture of a somewhat sad people - sad because they have gone through sorrowful experiences of one kind or another. But they are people who transform their sufferings into blessings through their warm humanity, whether it be a soldier, a domestic servant or an office worker.
First Published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Chapter 1 THE STAR, Yoo Jai-yong;
Chapter 2 MY FATHERS LAND, Im
Chol-woo;
Chapter 3 A THIN LINE, Yoo Keumho;
Chapter 4 THE GUEST, Choi Hak;
Chapter 5 SHE KNOWS, I KNOW AND GOD KNOWS BUT , Park Wan-suh;
Chapter 6 WHY
THE SILKWORM DOES NOT LEAVE ITS COCOON, Yoon Chongmo;
Chapter 7 THE POET OF
WONMI-DONG, Yang Guija;
Chapter 8 SNOWY ROAD, Yi Chong-jun;
Agnita Tennant, nee Hong, was born in Korea and educated at Chong-ju Girls' High School and Yonsei University. She married an Englishman, Roger Tennant, and has lived in Leicestershire since 1964. She started translating Korean stories in the 1970S, and published a collection in 1972. She worked as a librarian for Leicestershire Libraries and Information Service until retiring in 1993. In 1990 she received a Ph.D. from Loughborough University for her study of Thomas Hardy's influence on Korean literature.
